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ROADSIDE HAWK Rupornis magnirostris
Sitting quietly with head bowed on a prominent perch at a roadside - this buzzard-like raptor isn´t called a Roadside Hawk for nothing! In fact he is one of the commonest and most widespread Paraguayan raptors, able to adapt to a variety of habitats from arid Chaco to lush humid forest. Throughout his range he is variable, but in flight can always be distinguished by the orange windows on both sides of the primaries.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3005PH) Adult ventral view ssp magniplumbis, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3006PH) Adult ssp magniplumbis, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3007PH) Dorsal view of same individual as (FPAVE3006PH) (Paul Smith February 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3008PH) Head detail of same individual as (FPAVE3006PH) (Paul Smith February 2006).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3009PH) Upperwing of same individual as (FPAVE3006PH) (Paul Smith February 2006).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3010PH) Underwing of same individual as (FPAVE3006PH) (Paul Smith February 2006).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3011PH) Juvenile ssp magniplumbis, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE3012PH) Juvenile ssp magniplumbis, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2007).
FIGURE 9 - (FPAVE3013PH) Pair with adult taking flight ssp magniplumbis, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel August 2004).
FIGURE 10 - (FPAVE3014PH) Adult ssp. saturatus, Central Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Jerry Cooper October 2007).
FIGURE 11 - (FPAVE3015PH) Juvenile ssp. saturatus, Madrejón, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2011).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE3017VI) Adult ssp. saturatus, Linea 1, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith July 2011).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE3018VI) Same juvenile ssp magniplumbis as (FPAVE3012PH) (Paul Smith April 2007).
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Rupornis magnirostris
1 (FPAVE3016RE) call of juvenile ssp. magniplumbis recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
